TY  - CONF
TI  - Evaluating the Potential Benefits and Challenges of Lc Adoption in the Portuguese Construction Industry:a Survey Study
AU  - Matias, João
AU  - Cachadinha, Nuno
AD  - Graduate student, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT,  Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal, Phone +351 968702958,  joaommatias@gmail.com
AD  - Assistant Professor, UNIDEMI, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Faculdade de Ciências e  Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal, Phone +351 212948  557, ncachadinha@fct.unl.pt
ED  - Walsh, Kenneth
ED  - Alves, Thais
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010/07/14
T2  - 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Haifa, Israel
SP  - 285
EP  - 295
AB  - As Lean Construction (LC) steadily grows all over the world, not much is heard about this new paradigm in the Portuguese Construction sector. Because LC has been embraced in other countries for its positive, cost-effective results, it is assumed that it can also greatly contribute to the Portuguese construction sector. This paper thus intends to analyze the ways in which LC can be beneficial in the Portuguese context. This article first seeks to identify the causes of delays and material losses in the Portuguese construction sector by analyzing three main phases in the construction process: the contract phase (CP), the planning phase (PP) and the production phase (PrP). Secondly, this work intends to assess how to improve those areas of difficulties using Lean Construction solutions and how to bring out the full potential of these solutions in the Portuguese construction context. Through these findings, this work seeks to foster the acceptance and use of Lean Construction and reveal its benefits to the Portuguese construction sector. The goal is to alert planners to the importance of ―stopping the line‖ according to LC principles, thereby stopping the small problems and wastes from becoming bigger and costly in the future.
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - Waste
KW  - Material losses
KW  - Project control
KW  - Portugal
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/687/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/687
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -